Washing-machine.



A. L. SESSIONS.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-26, 1911.

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7 FEW INVENTOR.

A ORNEX' WITNESSES.-

THE COLUMBIA PuwucumPx-l co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

ALBERT L. SESSIONS, 0F BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

WASHING-TEACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed October 26, 1911. Serial N 0. 657,000.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. SESSIONS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new the following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to clothes are subjected to a tumbling action while having water supplied to them with greater or less force, and an object of my invention, among others, is to provide a device of this class that may be readily applied to tubs or like devices of common construction and employed for washing purposes; and a further object of the invention is to provide a device of this class simple in construction and eflicient and durable in operation.

One form of device embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects above set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a tub with my improved apparatus attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a view in central crosswise section through'the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view in central lengthwise section through the receptacle. Fig. 4 is a detail View, scale enlarged, of the clamp supports. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a modified form of construction of tub. Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating a modified form of construction of the receptacle. 7

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 6 denotes a tub of ordinary construction commonly placed for laundry purposes in residences at the present time, such tubs being usually supported on standards or legs 7, two or more tubs usually being formed in a single structure.

In carrying out my invention I provide clamp supports 8 substantially of U-shape and of a size to nicely fit the upper edges of the tubs, these supports having, in the legs that are to rest against the inner wall of the tub, grooves 9, the bottoms of which are formed to constitute bearings for the spindle 10 of a receptacle 11. The clamp supports are so formed that they may be adjusted to different positions vertically, and while I contemplate any means for securing this adjustment in a vertical direction, a satisfactory device consists of a toothed step12 for each clamp support, each step having a bent end 13 arranged to overlie the upper edge of the tub. A toothedrest 14; is constructed to engage the step and has at its upper end a seat 15 upon which the clamp and Improved Washlng-Machlne, of which a support rests, this seat as shown herein be- I ing formed by bending'overthe end of the, D toothed rest. A clamp screw 16 is threaded that class of washing machlnes 1n which the form, although that shown in the drawings; is preferred. 'In this form of construction there is a' central cylindrical portion 17 terminating in tapered ends 18. Grooves 19 are formed in the outer surface of the cylindrical portion, and similar grooves 20 in the tapered end portions of the receptacle, the

walls of the receptacle being shaped to form these grooves and providing longitudinally extending ribs 21 on the inner surface thereof. Openings 22 are formed through the sides of the grooves into the interior of the receptacle. Rings 23 are located at each end of the cylindrical portion, these rings having projections extending into the grooves 19, forming a wall for each end of each tend to communicate with the grooves 20 in the tapered end portions. Buckets 25 opening in opposite directions are located on the surface of the cylindrical portion of the re- V groove through which openings 24 may eX- ceptacle, a set of buckets being located between the grooves 19, so that as the receptacle is rotated the buckets will take up the water from the tub and deliver it into the grooves 19 from which it will flow through the openings 22 into the. interior of the tub and through the openings 24 into the grooves 20.

An opening is formed through the wall of the receptacle which opening may be closed by a cover 26 and through which opening the articles to be washed are placed in the receptacle, this cover and its fastening being of any suitable form and construction. The ends 27 of the receptacle have passages 28 extending therethrough to the interior of the receptacle, the grooves 20 extending into the head sutliciently to deliver into said passages so that the water caught up by the grooves 20 may be delivered through the passages into the interior of the receptacle. While the buckets are shown herein as applied to the cylindrical portion of the receptacle only, they may be applied to the tapered ends in the same manner if desired.

The receptacle may be rotated in any de sired manner. a satisfactory means for accomplishing this result being a gear 29 se cured to a shaft 30 and meshing with teeth 31 on one of the rings 23, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. The bearing 32 for the shaft forms a part of a clamp support 33, this support being formed in a manner simi" lar to the supports 8 and being held in place as by means of a clamp screw 84. The branches of the support are of suflicient length to enable a vertical adjustment to accommodate the position of the gear with respect to the toothed ring whenever the position of the latter may be changed by a vertical adjustment of the receptacle. A handle 35 is shown herein as one means for rotating the receptacle, the invention. contemplating, howeverfany means for causing such rotation.

In the form of device shown in Fig. 5 a settling chamber 36 is formed in the bottom of the tub within which the heavier matter will collect and which may be drawn off through the outlet faucet 37, the tub and its attachments being in other respects the same as shown in the other figures of the drawing. Ribs 38 are formed on the ends of the receptacle for the purpose of preventing the articles from unduly windingup as the receptacle is rotated, and the same effect is also produced by the ribs extending lengthwise on the inner side of the receptacle, it being noted that these lengthwise extending ribs are produced in the formation of the grooves on the outer surface of the receptacle.

In the modified form of construction shown in Fig. 6 buckets are provided by extending lips 40 from opposite sides of a groove 41, a channel 42 being located in the bottom of the groove through which are openings 43 to the interior of the receptacle.

My improved apparatus provides means whereby the water is carried to a certain height and then by passing through the openings into the interior of the receptacle the force of the falling water is utilized in the cleaning operation.

While I have shown and described herein the preferred form of construction of a device embodying my idea, I do not limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described herein.

I claim- 1. In combination with a tub, a receptacle rotatively arranged within the tub and consisting of a cylindrical portion with frustoconical shaped end portions, channels exstantially in an axial direction along the periphery of the cylindrical and tapered end portions, partitions dividing the channels at the junction of the cylindrical portion and tapered end portion with openings through the partitions, and means for rotating the receptacle.

3. In combination with a tub, a receptacle rotatably arranged within the tub, chair. 1

nels including a bottom wall and side walls disposed within the periphery of the receptacle and open at their outer sides, the said channels extending lengthwise along the periphery of the receptacle and having. i

openings therein forming unobstructed communication with the interior of the receptacle through the end walls thereof, and means for rotating the receptacle.

l. In combination with a tub, a receptacle rotatably arranged within the tub, channels extending lengthwise along the periphery of the receptacle, and into channels extend-' ing radially in the end walls of the recep tacle, the latter having openings into the interior of the receptacle, and meansfor rotating the receptacle.

5. In combination with a tub, a receptacle rotatively arranged within the tub, said receptacle having a cylindrical portion and tapered end portions with channels in the tapered end portions, buckets arranged on the cylindrical portion and opening at their ends into said channels, said receptacle having openings from said channels into the interior 'of the receptacle at the ends and near the center thereof, and means for rotating the receptacle.

6. In combination with a tub, a receptacle rotatably arranged within the tub, buckets provided with central partitions to provide receptacles at each side thereof locatedon theouter surface of the receptacle to scoop up water from the tub, channels having communication with the receptacle located in the outer surface of the receptacle below the surface extending lengthwise thereof and positioned at the sides of the openings from said buckets, whereby the contents of the latter flow from the mouth of the buckets into said channels, and means for rotating the receptacle.

7. In combination with a tub, a receptacle rotatably arranged within the tub, buckets consisting of channels extending lengthwise of the receptacle on its outer surface, channels extending lengthwise below the outer surface of the receptacle at one side of said buckets in position to receive the contents flowing from the mouths of the buckets, openings from said channels to the interior of the tub, and means for rotating the receptacle.

8. In combination with a tub, a receptacle rotatably arranged therein, channels ex- 10 tending lengthwise of the receptacle and channels and means for revolving the receptacle.

ALBERT L. SESSIONS. Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. JENKINS, E. L. STOUGHTON.

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